Airplane hoop



Aug. 16, 1932. U AN AIRPLANE HOOP Filed Oct. 19. 195i WI TNESSES wet-wag Patented Aug. 16, 1932 31m UNITED STATES ROBERT A. PUTMAN, or ,xnwnnnnn, WISCONSIN AIRPLANE noon 7 Application filed October 19, 1931. Ser'ial No. 569,699.

The invention relates to toy hoops, and has for an object the provision of a rollable hoop in which is secured for relative movement a body spanning the interior space of the hoop and supported from the hoop at spaced points.

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy hoop having an impelling handle which controls the position of the body within the hoop and which forms a stand for resting the hoop in upright position.

A further object of the invention is to' provide a rollable hoop in which the interior body is in the form of an airplane movable to assume various maneuvering attitudes while the hoop is rolled, the airplane being equipped with a rotatable propeller, and there being means for simulating the noise of an airplane in flight.

eral features herinafter set forth and more particularly defined by the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a side view of a toy hoop embodying the invention, the position of the handle and interior body when the hoop is at rest being indicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the toy hoop taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,- and Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the handle and its relation to the hoop.

In this drawing, the numeral 10 designates a circular hoop formed of any suitable material, such as wood or metal, and having an interior track-forming groove 11. A body 12 of flat sheet material spans the interior space of the hoop and in the present instances is shaped to represent an airplane in side view. The airplane has its front and rear ends slidably fitting in substantially diametrically opposite portions of the track 11 of the hoop and provided with arouate edges which fit the groove. 12 also includes a narrowed depending central part 13 which is provided with a widened lower end 14 slidably fitting in the groove 11, the end 14 having an arcuate edge which fits the bottom of the groove. The airplane is thus supported on the hoop at three points and is slidably retained in the groove, per- The invention further consists in the sev- The body "on ice or snow, in which case the hoop may mitting thehoop to roll freely while the airplane is held against turning. The hoop is preferably somewhat resilient'so that it may be sprung sufficiently to admit the airplane into the ,groove 11. A. transversely extend- 5; ing wing 15 is secured to the airplane fuselage and extends through a narrow slot 16 formed in the body 12.

A 'ire handle17 extends on opposite sides of I the airplane fuselage and projects up- -00 wardly and ,rearwardly-therefrom to a T- shaped end 18 forming a handhold and also forming a stand for the hoop when dropped to the ground, as in the dotted line position of Fig. I 1. The wire handle includes looped portions secured to the airplane fuselage by screws 19, and'the forward ends of the handle are divergent forwardly and upwardly to form struts supporting the wing 15, the outer ends of the struts being secured thereto by screws 20. The rearwardly projecting part ofthe wire handle extends on opposite sides -of the, hoopfin spaced relation thereto and is provided. with a resilient sheet metal tongue 21 whichis engageable with the walls of a series of notches 22 formed in the hoop, so as to simulate a characteristic airplane noise when the hoop is rolled.

I A Wire 23 is secured to the front end of the airplane fuselage and extends forwardly on I 30 opposite sides of the hoop to form an axle for a propeller 2 1, which in the present instance .revolves by wind pressure when the hoop is rolled.

The handle 17 is grasped in the hand and not onlyv forms a means for impelling the hoop, but also is capable of up and down and twisti'ngmovements to position the airplane in climbing diving, and banking attitudes as the child runs with the hoop.

Since the hoop has a relatively large diameter it would roll smoothly over various surfaces. In cold weather the toy may be used merely glide thereover and be temporarily fastenedfto the airplane, the manipulation of the device being otherwise the same;

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

f l. A toy comprising a rollable hoop having a track, an airplane within said hoop having a handle secured to said fuselage for rolling portions guided on said track, and a handle sald hoop and havlng portions forming movement with respect to said track, and a secured to said airplane for rolling said hoop struts for said Wing.

and for causing said airplane to assume various maneuvering attitudes.

2. A toy comprising a rollable hoop having a track, an airplane within said hoop having portions guided on said track, a handle secured to said airplane for rolling said hoop, and means operative on the rolling of said hoop for simulating the characteristic noise of an airplane.

3. A toy comprising a rollable hoop having a track, a body Within said loop having portions secured on said track for relative handle secured to said body for rolling said hoop .and for controlling the position of said body. 7 r

4. A toy comprising a rollable hoop having a track, a body Within said hoop having portions secured on said track for relative movement with respect to said track, and a handle secured to said body for rolling said hoop and having an outer end forming a stand by which said hoop may be supported in upright position. I

5. A toy comprising a rollable hoop having a track, and a body extending within said hoop and having a three-point bearing on said track.

6. A toy comprising a rollable resilient hoop having an interior track, and a body extending within said hoop and movably interengageable with said track and having aneifective span greater than the interior diameter of said hoop for retaining said body in engagement with said track, said hoop being deformable to admit said body into operative engagement with said track.

7. A toy comprising a rollable hoop having a track an aircraft body extending within said hoop and having portions retained on said track, and a propeller secured to said aircraft body and rotatable by wind pressure during the rolling of said hoop.

8. A toy comprising a rollable hoop having a track and a serrated surface, a body extending Within said hoop and having portions retained on said track, and sound-producing means co-operating with said serrated surface as the hoop is rolled.

9. A toy comprising a rollable hoop having a track and a serrated surface, a body extending Within said hoop and having portions retained on said track, a handle secured to 1 said body for impelling the hoop and having a part engageable with said serrated surface for producing a sound during the rolling of the hoop. p

10. A toy comprising a rollable hoop having a track, an airplane fuselage extending Within said hoop and having portions guided on said track, there being a slot in said fuselage a wing extending through said slot, and

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature.

ROBERT A. PUTMAN. 

